Star's Malice 3 First Blood

The creature thought that its ambush is flawless and wasn't expecting that the moment is jumped at its target, he would instantly react by turning around. The only thing it was able to see was a cold flash of steel. The dagger pierced its chest, right above the heart.

Before it was able to start struggling to break free , the target was already backing off, ready to fight its two companions. It was unable to see how the fight went on as it slowly lost its consciousness. Mark was starting to get nervous. Because of his lack of control over all his movements, and the unexpectedly short stature of the creature he was unable to hit its heart precisely. Because of that, the creature may wake up and attack him when he was least expecting it.

Before he was able to delve deeper into the quagmire he found himself in, the two creatures on his left finally showed themselves seeing that their companion was easily taken care of. But contrary to his expectations it didn't deter them whatsoever, they were as if they didn't see it at all. When they left the bushes he was finally able to see what he was dealing with.

Two creatures of about 1,2 m height with grey skin and completely round head. They didn't have ears. In their small red eyes only hatred and hunger could be felt. He could recognize them, goblins. They were both almost naked and the only thing they were wearing were two rugged loincloths that were filled with stains of blood, sweat and he was sure of it, s.h.i.+t. For weapons, one was using a short iron spear. It wasn't rusted and the wood looked like new, must be from some recent victim, the other one tough was only using a rusty dagger. He felt disgusted at the first sight of them but he didn't let that thought distract him from the task at hand.
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He grasped his dagger tighter and observed carefully for any movements that the two goblins may make. After staring at themselves for about a minutes, the monsters couldn't hold their hunger anymore and both lunged at him without any formation. It seems that the leader that was responsible for setting this ambush was the one that lunged first. Thus they were no longer able to cooperate. Seeing that Mark couldn't help but smirk, he dodged lightly the stab of the spear, while at the same time sending a quick jab at the monster.

Unfortunately in the last moment it dropped its spear and used its hands to protect its head. Using this opportunity the second one slashed at him with its dagger. Unfazed Mark tried to evade that, but the dagger still managed to graze him slightly on the arm. Feeling the pain he knew that he would have to clean the wound. But now was not the time. After slas.h.i.+ng with all its strength the goblin overextended itself and using this chance Mark quickly pierced its throat and kicked its body towards the first one that tried to pick up its weapon in the moment he was distracted. The force of the kick sent both monsters staggering and not willing to spend more time on them than necessary, he charged forward an pierced the throat of the spear using goblin. Then he wake towards the first one and when he was about to finish him off it suddenly jumped and when it was about to pierce its claws into his neck, the only thing it saw was a tip of a dagger just before its eye and then darkness. Looking at this puny animal,

Mark couldn't help but chuckle, he had seen so many people try feigning their death that he could instantly tell that it was waiting for the best opportunity, how could he be caught with his guard down by it. After killing them he looked around and focused on the forest around him in search of any signs of anything else that could wait for him to get distracted. He looked at the bodies and seeing the state the loincloths were in he didn't have any intention of searching them. The only thing he thought he will take was the spear.

He strapped it at his back with his belt and after thinking for a bit decided to throw the bodies further into the forest as to not attract any predators to his only path towards water. After dragging them about 500 meters deep in the forest he came back to the river and carefully cleaned the wound , before tearing off a small cloth from his s.h.i.+rt and wrapping it around it. This time coming back he was fully focused on the surroundings.

Fortunately he was able to get back without any mishaps. After settling down he remembered about all this statistics on his wrist and decided to check if there was anything new there.

Name: Mark Cla.s.s: None Level: 2

EXP: 19/20 MP: 4/4 SP: 9/9

Strength 4

Agility 6

Const.i.tution 3

Intelligence 4

Skills: [Precise Shot], [Beginner bow mastery], [Beginner dagger mastery], *[Stab]*.

[Precise Shot] - Slight correction of fired arrow. Cost 1SP.

LVL 1 EXP 9/10

[Beginner bow mastery] - Beginner handling of weapon: Bow.

LVL 2 EXP 2/20

[Beginner dagger mastery] - Better handling of weapon: Dagger.

LVL 1 EXP 9/10 LVL 2 EXP 3/20

*[Stab]* - Executes a powerful stab dealing much more damage. Cost 1SP.

LVL 1 EXP 1/15

He was astonished to find that there was a new skill there. Stab, hmm when he thought of if, he killed all the goblins with only stab attacks. But if getting a skill was so easy then this body should have many more skill than it has now, so he can conclude that it is not so easy at all. Then why is it that he has got another skill just after one fight? Hmm could it be because of his past life proficiencies? If it was like that, then he should get a lot more skills, but he probably needed to use them in this world for them to actualize.

Thinking up to now he decided to try his theory out with the skill in which he was the most proficient. Stealth. In the end he was a shadow of his young miss, of course he had to be able to hide his presence. He stood up and went into the shadow in the corner of his room. He crouched and concentrated on hiding his presence, after a moment he felt the surroundings dim a little bit, everything became grey , time seemed to slow down a minuscule amount and he felt his presence thinning out. He stood like that for almost half an hour before he suddenly felt an enormous exhaustion.

The world turned back to normal and he slumped to the ground. After resting for a bit he was finally able to move, and he immediately checked his status.

Name: Mark Cla.s.s: None Level: 2

EXP: 19/20 MP: 4/4 SP: 1/9

Strength 4

Agility 6

Const.i.tution 3

Intelligence 4

Skills: [Precise Shot], [Beginner bow mastery], [Beginner dagger mastery], [Stab], *[Stealth]*.

*[Stealth]* - You are thinning your presence, letting you avoid the awareness of other beings.

Cost 1SP/3 min

LVL 1 EXP 8/15

So that is how it works. He also understood why sis he suddenly slump with no energy. It was because he run out of SP. Right now He could stay in that state for exactly 27 minutes and if he wanted to forcefully stay like that, fainting was the aftereffect.

That meant he could stay hidden for only this much and if he wanted it to last longer than he needed to increase his SP, there was also a possibility that rising the level of this skill cold extend the time duration or decrease the SP cost. With his theory confirmed it was now finally time to work. He had to get back as much of his skills from last life and to get completely used to his new body. Only when he gets to his peak, will he get out to the world and find out more.

So he made himself a meal with the ingredients he has got at hand and started thinking of the best route of training his body.

With this his h.e.l.l training began.